Our vision is to support the success of health care reform, eliminate
racial and ethnic health disparities, promote wellness, manage chronic
disease and build public health capacity locally within the service area
of Heywood Hospital which includes the following:

As we continue to meet the needs and expectations of increasingly
culturally and ethnically varied populations, a better understanding of
cultural differences and their relationship to quality service, respect,
inclusiveness, and sensitivity becomes essential. Diversity includes
all differences, not only those pertaining to racial and ethnic
distinctions. We must work to address the particular needs and concerns
of specific populations such as African American, Alaskan Native,
American Indian, Asian, Black, Hawaiian, Hispanic, Latino, Pacific
Islander, as well as the elderly, the disabled, and the lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender {GBLT} communities.